Over My Head?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Gender: M
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Location: Wisconsin
Class: 2009
High School: Public
GPA: 4.0 UW (school doesn’t weight classes)
Rank: 1/330 (tied with maybe 15 or 20, again school doesn’t weight)
ACT: 29 E 31 M 31 R 26 S 26 E/W 29
Classes: School doesn’t have many APs (6 to be exact)</p>

<p>Two years of Honors English (Frosh/Soph Year)</p>

<p>Junior Year:
AP US History
AP Physics B
Pre-Calc and Calc
French III
Chemistry
Public Speaking
Fundamentals of Grammar And Writing (I know these last two are stupid but i didn’t have many other options including no honors or AP)</p>

<p>Senior Year:
College Credit Expository Writing
CC Human A&P
AP Calc BC
AP Biology
AP Euro
Honors Economics
French IV</p>

<p>EC’s </p>

<p>Student Council Officer (will be for 2 years, on council all 4), FBLA Officer (will be for 3 years, in club all 4), NHS, Starting Key Club this year, French Club, Tutor, Mock Trial, Wisconsin Leadership Seminar, Marching and Pep Band, Varsity Tennis (9 and 10), JV Cross-Country (10 and possible Varsity 11), will do Ecology and Diversity Alliance this year</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: PALS Program (similar to Big Brother Big Sister) 100 hours, tutor 30 hours, American Red Cross 30 hours, Arthritis Foundation 15 hours, Church Food Boxes 10 hours, Tennis Booster Club 7 hours, Church Food Pantry</p>

<p>Honors and Awards: Several 1 ratings for piano, trumpet and violin, 4th at Business Challenge (won scholarship), qualified for state FBLA</p>

<p>Colleges:</p>

<p>Brown
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Cornell
Columbia
NYU
Carnegie Mellon</p>

<p>I still have one more year to get more service hours, awards and raise my ACT. I will take the PSAT and SAT (Reasoning and Subject) this year as well. So are Ivy League schools going to laugh at me for applying or do I have a chance?</p>

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<p>Ok, it’s a little early to be taking the ACT, but you definitely need to raise your score for Cornell, Columbia, Northwestern and Brown.</p>

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<p>Only one reply? If you chance me, I’ll chance you!</p>

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<p>you need to raise your ACT score. </p>

<p>w/ a 29 ACT…reject at Brown, Nothwestern, cornell, columbia.</p>

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<p>29’s gonna be a little low for northwestern, columbia, brown, etc. you’ll do better at the end of your junior year. you’ve still got plenty of time. try taking the SAT too. i did a lot better on the SAT than i did on the ACT.
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<p>'09! Wooooooooot!</p>

<p>I’m in your same position. </p>

<p>By the way, how the heck can you take Chemistry and Physics AB in the same year? You really should take chemistry before even starting physics, that’s what most colleges and top colleges want.</p>

<p>Otherwise you look pretty good and being valedictorian is a plus. Just get your ACT score up a few points and you’ll have a better chance.</p>

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<p>okay so i’m getting a lot of “raise your act score”…what is a good act score for these schools…and is there anything else i can do besides tests scores?</p>

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<p>" By the way, how the heck can you take Chemistry and Physics AB in the same year? "</p>

<p>I’m not really sure…my counselor said it was fine and my ap physics class is a joke (smartest ppl in the class get A’s and a 1 on the AP test) is it bad that i’m taking it with chem?</p>

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<p>Well, I dunno. Last time I checked AP Physics was definitely not a joke course :smiley: So what’s the point of taking AP Physics if your chance of getting high marks in AP exam is significantly low? I’d subsitute AP Physics with AP Euro if I were you. And raise your ACTs. I can almost guarantee you 29 will not keep you in a competitive standing. 30~32 will be enough for Wisconsin, CMU, NYU (Maybe Cornell), and higher for the rest.</p>